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		<title>Recent Comments</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because this blog encourages comments and participation, I have added an area called &#8220;RECENT COMMENTS&#8221; to the sidebar at the left. Now you can more easily see who is responding to what by floating your cursor over the topics and clicking when it turns into the hand. Posts are always displayed with the most current [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vepanama.wordpress.com&amp;blog=495741&amp;post=38&amp;subd=vepanama&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>House Cleaner / Maid Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a post on the very helpful ChiriquiChatter blog site. It&#8217;s a great reminder of what you may need to do (not do) when hiring a maid / housekeeper / cook here in Panama. Here&#8217;s how it starts, then click the link if you want to keep reading. I know that many people picture [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vepanama.wordpress.com&amp;blog=495741&amp;post=46&amp;subd=vepanama&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Installing Appliances, Our Experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned in an earlier post about our goal of getting the kitchen put together during our recent visit. Some of our experience might help some future residents with this task. With only eight days in Boquete we wanted to purchase and install our refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, microwave/hood. We had done a little research online [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vepanama.wordpress.com&amp;blog=495741&amp;post=45&amp;subd=vepanama&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cabo San Lucas Revisited</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been away from the computer for a few days in Cabo San Lucas. It&#8217;s been over 6 years since we were in that area and the American invasion seems unrelenting. Lots of luxury resorts, timeshares and more in the works. I have to say our biggest disappointment was in the price we paid for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vepanama.wordpress.com&amp;blog=495741&amp;post=43&amp;subd=vepanama&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bocas Road Bikers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keep an eye out for this colorful bunch. They&#8217;re cuising the narrow roads of Chiriqui on two wheels for fun and exercise. Terry Dalton sent me this photo and my comment to him was that I had not seen such a diverse group. Check out all of the different styles of bikes in one place, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vepanama.wordpress.com&amp;blog=495741&amp;post=42&amp;subd=vepanama&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Visitor Leaves Quietly, Doesn&#8217;t Keep Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This bug looks more menacing than I think it is due to the great close-up photo that Fene Cartlidge (VG III) took. She said that it landed on the front enrty but left quietlly after posing on the dollar bill for scale. I&#8217;ve seen a few of these myself and I know they get to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vepanama.wordpress.com&amp;blog=495741&amp;post=40&amp;subd=vepanama&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chiriqui Grande</title>
		<link>http://vepanama.wordpress.com/2006/11/07/chiriqui-grande/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in April, Rose and I were determined to drive to the Caribbean/Atlantic (still not sure if Panama&#8217;s ocean to the North is the Caribbean or the Atlantic). We wanted to know how long of a drive and how difficult it would be to get there from Boquete. I&#8217;m happy to report that the drive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vepanama.wordpress.com&amp;blog=495741&amp;post=33&amp;subd=vepanama&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SNAKE</title>
		<link>http://vepanama.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/snake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had no doubts that there were snakes in Panama, but this is a picture of my first encounter with one. I was flying down hill on my way back from riding my mountain bike up towards the volcano (no I didn&#8217;t make it, turned around at the ranger station) when, too late, I noticed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vepanama.wordpress.com&amp;blog=495741&amp;post=31&amp;subd=vepanama&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Critter Cam</title>
		<link>http://vepanama.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/critter-cam-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I&#8217;m thinking of it, I would love to post some pictures of various critters, bugs, birds, etc that you see that we share the valley with. I know you can do better than this lazy bug. Send me some photos and an explanation (gt@advancedpublishing.net) and I will post it to our new category.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vepanama.wordpress.com&amp;blog=495741&amp;post=30&amp;subd=vepanama&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some scary rain pictures</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just took another look at the Valle Escondido HOA website and found an update with some interesting pictures taken during the recent rains. The pictures can be found from a link in the article about the rain. Rain photos Hopefully all the homes are OK.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vepanama.wordpress.com&amp;blog=495741&amp;post=25&amp;subd=vepanama&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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